Meaning of 'echo'

noun

an imitation or repetition

Example: "the flower arrangement was created as an echo of a client's still life"

noun

a close parallel of a feeling, idea, style, and so on

Example: "Their contention contains more than an echo of Rousseau."

noun

the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves

Example: "They could hear echoes of their own footsteps."

Synonyms: replication

noun

a reflected television or radio or radar beam

noun

a reply that repeats what has just been said

verb

to say again or imitate

Example: "followers echoing the cries of their leaders"

Synonyms: repeat

verb

ring or echo with sound

Synonyms: ring reverberate resound

verb

call to mind

Example: "The words etched on the monument echoed John F. Kennedy."

Synonyms: recall evoke paint a picture suggest